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Royal Commentaries.
Booi( I.
Hmrandóde Soto,
and
Petcr del Barco,
with the four other
Spaniard,,
were by or–
der of-the
Inca
carried in Hamrnacks upon Mens fhoulders for their more conve–
nience and expedicion. Now aH~rnmack is a'word uíed by the
Indiam
in che Ifle
of
Bárlovento,
and fignifies a Nec made of che Leaves of
a
Palm, or ofother Trees,
which in chofe hoc Countries is much more cool than chofe made
of
Cotcon,
which are uíed by rhe poorer and··meaner fort of people: The[e Hammacks are
hanged ar che four corners wich Ropes abouc a Yard from che ground , and are
rtmch more cool than lodgi~g upon Ql!ilts.
In
imitation hereof, che
Jndian,
of
Pm,
did ufe to fafien a Blanket ar botn ends to a Staff of abouc three or four
Yards long, on which he chac,was' to ride Poíl: laicfand firetched himfelf ar length,
fo
chac che Bearers feemed co carry a dead Corpíe
:
This Blanket was fupporced
by two
Indian,,
who ch:mged with others after a certain dill:ance of travel,
for
twency of chem being'defigned perhaps co ~~rry one Man, they ofren relieved one
che other ; and coming to a cercain Scage, or Poft, they found as many others
ready to eafe and diícharge chem of their burthen ;Jwhich was th~ way and-rnan–
ner of the
lndian
Polls. This forc of Biere on which Men are chus carried, is
called
Huantu,
or
Rampa,
called ~y"tbe
Sp(1niard}' f!amac11,
being like rheir
Cama ,
which lignifid a B,ed. ,
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-,
In
chis rnanner thefe cwo cour'ageous
sianiarV.1, 'Jlernando de Soto,
and
Peter dd
Barco,
cra
velledche diftance of cwo hundred Léagues, which ,is between
Caf{a–
marca
and
Coz.co,
with more' fecuricy- and Berrer trearment rhan rhey could have
found in t
heir owri'Countrey
:
In
like maimer í:he other four were received and
c:ireífed in ali places where they paífed, and witb 'fuch welcome joy, and hearry
entertainmenr, as was incredible, and which the
teaniard,,
when ch~y renirned,
had fcarce che confid 'nce to relaté unto their compariions.
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H A P. XXIX~
The Traveis of
Hernando Pi~arro
to
Pachacamac,
a11d
of
what
befht
hilll in that
Journey.
·
·SOon
after
1
the depadure of
Herndndo de Soto,
and
Peter del Barco, Hernando Pi-
~arro
being moved
1
wich tl-íe farrie of'rhe vaíl: Riches of
Pachacamac,
refolved
to vifü that Temple; bue not knowing what rnighc happen in chis Journey, he
took with him a parcy of Horfe for his bettér fecuricy and convoy : The
Spaniards
in chis Journey travelling one day over a cercaln Moimcain, difcovered from che
rop of it on che fide of another
Hill,
fomething thar gliílered wirh a brighrnefs
lik:e Gold, and che rays of che Sun darring upon ir, almofi blinded rhe eyes of
tfíe
Beholders. The
Spaniards
proceeded towards it with great admiration, and be–
ing come near, they perceived ir ro be a heap o( Pors, and Jars, and Ketrles, and
Pans, and íuch like Ucen-fils made of Gold and Silver, which che Brorher of
A–
tahua!pa,
called
fh:!:illifcacha,
(
whom we have already mentioned) had ama!fed to–
.gether cowards payment of che
Inca's
Ranfome, being to che value of rwo Milli–
ons ; though fome Hill:orians report, chat all did not ¡¡mount, in che whole, unto
more than rhree hundred rhoufand pieces
of
Eight: bue chis mufi be fome errour in
che account, as we füall fee hereafter, when we come to reckon up the feveral parri–
culars ; howfoever che Mounrain feemed ro fhine wich Gold, becauíe rhe
Jndian1
who carried thofe Veífels up che Hill, had laid rhem clown to eaíe, and refr rhem~
felves for
a
while, and fo had over-ípread rherewirh ali che way upwards. This
Narrative
I
received in my own Coumrey from che,mouth of one who was rhen
prefent ; and che fame was afterwards confirmed to me in
Spain
by thac worrhy
Gentleman
Don Gravirl Pifarro,
who was an Officer of the Inquifition ar
Cordova;
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